Stumpery to Shrubbery Part 3

 ...plus a small update on lilac corner and the conservatory 😊

2nd July 2023

First, we (OH and I) placed some new rocks in the rock garden - these are bigger and are more feature rocks. Not happy with the placement of one, but it's moveable. He also took three car loads of weeds and bits of tree to the tip.

Then back to the clearing of the section to the left of the stumpery. It's now clear but needs digging over and weed roots pulled out. 

Dug up the silver birch saplings and planted them in pots. We know someone who wants/needs some replacement trees for some they had to have removed.

I finally uncovered the chimney pot we had put there years ago. odness knows why I chose to place it right at the back of the bed :O I'd planted a fuchsia in it and to my surprise it is still growing - has leaves on and everything! It had been completely swamped by the brambles around it, yet had managed to survive.

There is also a bird's nest in the wall - unoccupied - the bird (a wren) has a new nest to the right of the old one, hidden in the ivy.

Section now clear of weeds but needs to be dug over to remove any roots left in. One part at least had a matted tangle of roots from the periwinkle - not looking forward to dealing with that!

After that, I repotted two grapevines into larger pots, then returned to the conservatory and cleared another section of that - not a very big section, just the bit next to the steps, but it's definitely looking better than it did! (Not that that's hard!)